[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.169 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.169 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.169 - **Language:** English ### [c10.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.169) \*\*ALFANDICA\*\*, s. A custom-house and resort for foreign merchants in an oriental port. The word comes through the Port. \*alfandega\*, Span. \*fundago\*, Ital. \*fondaco\*, Fr. \*fondeque\* or \*fondique\*, from Ar. \*al-funduk\*, 'the inn,' and this from Gk. \*πανδοκεῖον\* or \*πανδοχεῖον\*, 'a pilgrim's hospice.'\] - [Previous: c10.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.168) - [Next: c10.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.170) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.169) · Pramāṇa